Payday 2

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4.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3970 Ratings

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  1. Benatissimo
    Sep 4, 2023
    0
    Another ubisoft **** game with a lot of missing features and so fking fake they need to improve a lot
  2. ANICEGG
    Feb 18, 2023
    0
    If you paid the game you can now pay all the 20 DLC's to have the complete game. We are not robbing bank accounts in this game, the game is robbing ours.
  3. Jollyolfun
    Nov 18, 2022
    4
    i played this a lot years ago but honestly its kinda broken and fun for only a short amount of time. its a victim of its time
  4. maestrorogu
    Sep 23, 2022
    1
    voice acting all right .
    game soo monotony.
    have worst animation.
    a ton bugs and unoptimized.
    lore is awful.
    have many useless dlc.
    worse character design.
    too much hacker.
    aı awful.
    unbalanced weapons.
    AVOİD THİS GAME
  5. The_D4RknesS
    Sep 22, 2022
    0
    difficult game and no sequential campaign. a game that works offline plus 100% of its focus and online
  6. PetyaBiszeps
    Aug 25, 2022
    2
    I can't say this game is so bad but can't say it's good either. It gives you some fun of playing it with friends but it could be much better in, pretty much, every aspect. Plus for that there is a lot of promises being forgotten. Like 'Payday 2 will never have microtransactions'.
  7. good76
    Apr 29, 2022
    0
    Cool game with friends, but DLC killed the game, some bugs are not fixed. no optimization at all
  8. VariusW
    Apr 9, 2022
    0
    Ben böyle oyunun amk.Bunu almayın.This game is **** mauvais.Vous ne devez pas jouer cette de jeux video.
  9. Wrathzo
    Mar 22, 2022
    4
    Payday 2 is a cooperative first-person shooter video game developed by Overkill Software and published by 505 Games. The game is a sequel to 2011's Payday: The Heist. Two years after the events of the previous game, the Payday gang comes to the Washington metropolitan area to perform another heisting spree. The player takes control of one of the gang's twenty-two members and can performPayday 2 is a cooperative first-person shooter video game developed by Overkill Software and published by 505 Games. The game is a sequel to 2011's Payday: The Heist. Two years after the events of the previous game, the Payday gang comes to the Washington metropolitan area to perform another heisting spree. The player takes control of one of the gang's twenty-two members and can perform heists alone, or with up to three teammates. The player can participate in a variety of heists, including but not limited to robberies of banks, shops and armored cars, and producing and distributing narcotics.… Expand
  10. kezzyhko
    Jun 20, 2021
    4
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  11. Diomantium
    May 30, 2021
    0
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  12. bot1000
    May 22, 2021
    1
    Thankfully i didn't have to buy this as I played it at a friends , why this game took so long is anyone's guess it just has so many bad point's both with bugs and the playability of the game itself.
  13. Demiurge11
    Feb 25, 2021
    0
    This game is simply awful. The tutorials to learn how to play are super glitchy and fail constantly. The interface is unintuitive. It's really confusing. The first mission out is robbing the bank and 300 cops throwing themselves at you. You have to run past police snipers to throw your cash in a van and drive away while the cops sit around and wonder where you went. It's just AWFUL. ThankThis game is simply awful. The tutorials to learn how to play are super glitchy and fail constantly. The interface is unintuitive. It's really confusing. The first mission out is robbing the bank and 300 cops throwing themselves at you. You have to run past police snipers to throw your cash in a van and drive away while the cops sit around and wonder where you went. It's just AWFUL. Thank goodness I got this one as a freebie.… Expand
  14. shostakn
    Oct 15, 2020
    4
    PAYDAY 2 is a four-player co-op shooter that has you sporting the masks of the original PAYDAY gang – Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains – as they hit on Washington D.C. for an epic crime rampage. The new CRIMENET network offers a vast array of dynamic contracts - choose anything from small-time store rips, cyber-crime or major bank vaults for that lucrative PAYDAY
  15. stalkerodin
    Jul 5, 2020
    0
    Игра создана только для того чтобы деньги из вас выкачивать.
  16. PiggyOink
    Jul 4, 2020
    0
    Game has micro transactions, it's grindy, most weapons are completely useless. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND.
  17. Renenad
    May 18, 2019
    0
    Ну чё пацаны, поломанный баланс?
    Щас батька с 800 часов (на момент 18.05.2019) расскажет, что за параша происходит в этой чудо-вселенной Пуй Дуя 2.
    Сложности Оверкилл и ниже- для новичков, но эти довничи умудряются лезть в ДС/ОД и ДВ, что кончается попаданием прямиком в кастоди/ киком/ ливом из лобби. ДВ более-менее играбельный, получаешь 3 инфами и можешь веселится. А вот ОД (который    Ну чё пацаны, поломанный баланс?
    Щас батька с 800 часов (на момент 18.05.2019) расскажет, что за параша происходит в этой чудо-вселенной Пуй Дуя 2.
    Сложности Оверкилл и ниже- для новичков, но эти довничи умудряются лезть в ДС/ОД и ДВ, что кончается попаданием прямиком в кастоди/ киком/ ливом из лобби. ДВ более-менее играбельный, получаешь 3 инфами и можешь веселится.
    А вот ОД (который позже стал ДС-ом) после обновления 2018 превратился в Крайм Спри без спавнящихся щитов Винтерса. Дозеров на квадратный метр не счесть, а юниты позволят себе наглость стрелять с 100 метров не промахиваясь, плюя на логику и точность оружия. Тазеры стали ебошить через стены, чего не могут клокеры в виду того, что они беззащитны даже если рядом с ними пара напарников. Медики имеют кулдаун хила на 2 секунды и способность хилять через стену. Даже если они не отошли на 2 метра от спавна. Обычные юниты это и мясо, и Мистеры-Танатосы убивающие всё и вся возможное и имеющие достаточно ХП, чтобы ты не успел их убить до того, как увидишь "крылья" Лебединки. Снайперы теперь не снайперы, а про-киберкотлеты со способностью реагировать на малейшее изменение в пространстве.
    Стелс не лучше. Ты можешь спрятаться за кружкой, но ты не спрячешься от ситуации, когда тебя со всех сторон зажимают гарды, а у тебя не осталось пейджеров. И некоторые ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥е ачивкм по типу "Сталкера", где надо постоянно тыкать в Гаррета под наплывом гардов не менее бесящие. Сам стелс рандомен как никогда. Ты можешь с первого раза пройти Алессо, но потом тебе не повезёт на ювелирке из-за гарда на другом конце улицы, который своим ЮВЕЛИРНЫМ взглядом заметил пиксель от головы мёртвого цивила.
    В целом, гейплей можно считать САМЫМ несправедливо осложнённым в истории игростроя.♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ даже в Rainbow Six Siege я имею 0.2 секунды на то, чтобы среагировать и убить противника, пока тут море врагов за которыми не уследишь, ибо они стрейфят аки Беркуты из КС и двигаются лучше кектеров из 4 Фолыча.
    И да, за 6 лет можно было всё сделать хорошо, но Оверы всё про♥♥♥♥♥♥♥и и поставили нас перед этим фактом.
    "Античит" MoneySaver, который спасает ТОЛЬКО карманы разработчиков, ибо считает читеров не тех людей, которые читерят, а с DLC анлокером просто добил меня.
    Сетевой код, рассинхрон, убитые нервы и все прелести лени разрабов в этой игре.    … Expand
  18. dan8991iel
    Apr 4, 2019
    4
    To this day one of my all time favorite games. It features a completely unique gameplay experience.
    And a lot of diversified content. The feel and tasks of the different missions sometimes differ so greatly that you might think it is an completely different game but at the same time it doesn't lose its unique PayDay like characteristics. At this moment i have over 480+ hours invested in    To this day one of my all time favorite games. It features a completely unique gameplay experience.
    And a lot of diversified content. The feel and tasks of the different missions sometimes differ so greatly that you might think it is an completely different game but at the same time it doesn't lose its unique PayDay like characteristics. At this moment i have over 480+ hours invested in this unique experience and i am max-lvl 2600( infamy XXV 100) and the gameplay experience is one of the most polished out there.

    But there is a great down side to this otherwise masterpiece of a game and that is called
    micro-transactions and you could even say that there was some kind malicious way they got people to buy all there 40+ DLCS.
    It always starts with a DLC being released. And if you didnt own it you only had the option to play with the standard weapons and perks.
    And the no DLC weapons and perks are like sticks and rocks in comparison to the ones released in the different DLC packs.
    Playing on the hardest difficulty which is "Death Sentence" with the "ONE DOWN" modifier is almost impossible up to straight up impossible with the non pay weapons.
    And every new DLC featured guns that where straight up better than there predecessors.
    However when a new DLC got released the weapons from the previous ones got nerved so much that they either became mediocre, gimmicky or straight up usless and the new weapons became mandatory for the different end game builds.
    So it was like a vicious never ending cycle of buying the new DLC, DLC getting nerved, buying the next new DLC and so on..    … Expand
  19. Dubinszczak
    Mar 4, 2019
    4
    Boring, with horrible AI (Police acts like zombies in L4D2 - always pushing, always rushing you), solo mode is not entertaining and game is bugged + micro transactions
  20. whatever523
    Dec 9, 2018
    1
    UPDATE: The game now has pay2win micro transactions. Previous rating was 8, but screw that. The other major annoyance is that half the content is only accessible if you join their stupid Steam community group.

    Payday 2 is somewhere between frustrating and great, because there are many things that should be better, but with the right team it's an awesome game and it only gets better the    UPDATE: The game now has pay2win micro transactions. Previous rating was 8, but screw that. The other major annoyance is that half the content is only accessible if you join their stupid Steam community group.

    Payday 2 is somewhere between frustrating and great, because there are many things that should be better, but with the right team it's an awesome game and it only gets better the more you play. Good:

    * With the right team and good communication, it's one of the best coop experiences.
    * Many different possibilities to do missions and the game mechanics generally work great. When everything comes together and you pull off the perfect heist, it's very rewarding.
    * Nice customization options (masks and weapons).
    * Great soundtrack.
    * Shooting feels and sounds very good.
    * Cool back story, they even made some movie clips. There's not much of a story in the game itself, but it works.

    Most players suck at the game though, because it can be quite difficult and requires more than shooting, and that really drags the whole experience down as you'll find very few enjoyable public games on the higher difficulties. Bad:

    * The loot system is completely randomized and it's retarded. I've played over 30 hours, am level 50+ and only got one of the weapon mods I need.
    * Connection problems when too many players are online.
    * The game browser keeps crashing and you have to restart Steam to fix it.
    * There's an XP penalty for playing the same mission too many times. When some missions are played more than others, it's because of bad mission balance, so they should work on that.
    * Many missions are too difficult for public groups, that's why players only play the easier ones. Sometimes there are way too many enemies and you can't really do anything, more so when you're unlucky with loot drops and have crap equipment. Especially on multi day missions, the last mission is often too difficult and all the time spent on the mission is lost when it fails.
    * Most of the weapon and armor stats are displayed with rounding errors and/or the math behind it is just weird, which makes the game bad for theory crafting.
    * When you get disconnected before a game ends, you get nothing. Which leads directly to the next point: the game doesn't have host migration. If the host disconnects, it's over.
    * Sound gets stuck often when a game ends.
    * There are many "hold down F key" events. These should be triggered by tapping the key once. Pressing it down for several minutes is really lame.

    Also, props to the developers for releasing free content. I just wish they would concentrate their efforts on fixing some of these problems.    … Expand
  21. AlbertVedibeda
    May 23, 2018
    2
    Обидно, когда ты покупаешь игру, покупаешь более 30 dlc, идешь на поводу у разработчиков, лишь бы не забросили такой перспективный проект: монополиста и лидера игрового рынка в своем жанре, а через некоторое время игра становится полностью бесплатной и со всеми dlc по 20 рублей. Замечательно, просто, бл*ть, замечательно.

    Мы терпели кейсы, потому что нам давали надежду ивентами, которые    Обидно, когда ты покупаешь игру, покупаешь более 30 dlc, идешь на поводу у разработчиков, лишь бы не забросили такой перспективный проект: монополиста и лидера игрового рынка в своем жанре, а через некоторое время игра становится полностью бесплатной и со всеми dlc по 20 рублей. Замечательно, просто, бл*ть, замечательно.

    Мы терпели кейсы, потому что нам давали надежду ивентами, которые действительно были очень интересные, казалось, что игра не заброшена. Простили дополнения с мечами и луками, это даже добавляло некий угар в происходящее: грабить банки с луками wtf?¿?¿
    Но, уж простите, тысячи токсичных, руинящих игру, дядь, которые увидели f2p... кто такое простит? Зачем саму игру было делать бесплатной? Ладно, пускай эти идиотские дополнения были бы дешевыми или бесплатными, но зачем игру было трогать? На распродажах ее цена не превышала 200 рублей, разве это много? Нонразумистов хватало, а сейчас физически невозможно играть с рандомным подбором, потому что всегда найдется гений, который на стелс-миссию возьмет гранатомет. Почему бы и нет?
    Ведь были надежды, было же интересно играть. Определенный шарм заключался в прохождении заданий по стелсу, а не с пулеметами на перевес. Да, есть карты, где необходимо залетать только с рпг и шестистволкой, но когда есть выбор, то он всегда падал на стелс, ибо интереснее и сложнее, ведь как шутер, будем честны, PD2 очень слаб, физика оружия резиновая, фальшивая и фарсовая, это никуда не годится, а разве кто-то жаловался? Это, несомненно, минус, но, еб*нный в рот, БЫЛ ЖЕ СТЕЛС, НА МЯСО ВСЕМ БЫЛО ПЛЕВАТЬ. Что сейчас? Стелс убит, все перки и навыки сгинули в небытие, они вам уже не понадобятся. Да, именно, не ослышались. Все билды, умелое распределение очков в дереве и сочетания разных билдов в команде уже не нужны. Зачем? Сейчас ты просто покупаешь хороший пак с оружием за 29рублей и рашишь любой банк - миссия выполнена. Сколько было разнообразия.. все пропито на деньги комьюнити.    … Expand
  22. yoxer
    Aug 13, 2017
    0
    Let me start by saying this: At this point in time, the base game feels almost like a demo.

    What may have once been a fun and interesting co-op shooter has clearly devolved into a microtransaction hell, with an increasing difficulty creep to match it's DLC power creep, leaving vanilla players left in the dust at the harder but oh-so much more rewarding difficulties and creating a    Let me start by saying this: At this point in time, the base game feels almost like a demo.

    What may have once been a fun and interesting co-op shooter has clearly devolved into a microtransaction hell, with an increasing difficulty creep to match it's DLC power creep, leaving vanilla players left in the dust at the harder but oh-so much more rewarding difficulties and creating a community and game where owning the DLC is a requirement. This has resulted in what i'd wager is OVER HALF of the game being paywalled, in both content, difficulty, enjoyability and multiplayer aspects. Although there are ways to circumvent this using the vanilla game on a lucky day, such as having a friend host a DLC mission or using the one or two vanilla loadouts that will actually function on higher difficulties, by and large it is impossible to access these things without DLC. Thankfully enough, Overkill has finally attempted to address this issue of DLC overabundance.

    Unfortunately they've somehow managed to completely botch their solution. While before one could attempt to cope by simply buying the meatiest and most important DLCs to compete with those who owned all the DLCs, they've now amalgamated them into a 40 dollar "Ultimate Edition" bundle, essentially forcing those who wish to delve deeper into what the game has to offer to fork over a full 40 dollars. This has resulted in the full price of what is a 4 YEAR OLD GAME with primitive AI, graphics that were respectable but below-average even for it's time, and a sore lack of optimization and stability costing 80 DOLLARS. You are paying the price of a modern AAA game for this lovable but clearly overvalued package. And if you've happened to hear about DLC unlockers recently, don't even bother. They render the game nigh unplayable online and there's no way to circumvent this.

    All in all, unless you have money to burn I would not recommend buying Payday 2, and even then supporting such extortionate business practices like this is dubious at best.

    This is truly a crying shame because, from a gameplay perspective, Payday 2 is one of the most enjoyable games I've ever played and quite possibly the best co-op game I've ever played. The action, although occasionally disorienting, is intense and fun, with the mayhem enjoyable not only with strangers online but even more so with friends. The guns feel great and their sheer level of customization on top of being able to pick different skills, perk decks and builds gives the game a level of variety that I've not felt in a long time (This variety will disappear in the vanilla game at higher difficulties unless you have the DLC though.)

    The stealth is interesting, but isn't the games main point, nor should it be yours. If you're seeking a stealth game look elsewhere, as the stealth in Payday 2 is buggy and mediocre, although crafted stealth heists like Shadow Raid are quite enjoyable.

    The game leaves plenty of room for progression, with most players never even reaching the full endgame.

    Sure, it might be unrealistic as all hell and some might complain about the "repetition" of blasting through waves of cops or stealthing the same heists, but I honestly never found the gameplay to get old, and I doubt most people will.    … Expand
  23. Raphafrei
    Jun 8, 2017
    4
    This game had everything to be good. It was when released, 2014 this was one of the best games I've played. Overkill one time said that they won't make an almost pay-to-play game. I know that you don't need to consider this a p2p, but this game has a new expansion every month, high-priced skins and paid maps for everything. Microtransaction is killing this game, if one day it returns to beThis game had everything to be good. It was when released, 2014 this was one of the best games I've played. Overkill one time said that they won't make an almost pay-to-play game. I know that you don't need to consider this a p2p, but this game has a new expansion every month, high-priced skins and paid maps for everything. Microtransaction is killing this game, if one day it returns to be good I'll change my opinion.… Expand
  24. Fingland
    Dec 12, 2016
    0
    Horrendous AI, overpowered police, terrible controls, annoying movement, and you never have any idea what to do. Not a single thing to like about the game. Waste of money.g
  25. jakrun
    Aug 11, 2016
    0
    Bought it during the steam sale. Had to choose between Rocket league and Payday 2. After huge frequent updates i am left with a Pay to Win game. Disappointing to say the least.
  26. localhost
    Jul 10, 2016
    0
    What a horrible game. Completely stupid AI (particularly for teammates), enemies that keep spawning again and again in huge amounts, sometimes right behind your back in a area you just cleared... => Not playable in offline mode. Not to mention the ludicrous physics
  27. icedog
    May 26, 2016
    1
    Game has very small areas in each location and the game get you to do the same thing over and over to level up e.g. get 4 bags of loot and move it to truck but you can only carry 1 bag at a time . Very boring .Story is also weak and boring .
  28. Mmollle
    May 26, 2016
    0
    Overkill, the developer of the game , promised no microtransactions but went ahead and added it anyway. Dont support this outrageous, hypocritical behaviour.
  29. Dorkula
    May 20, 2016
    0
    This is one of the greatest games you could ever hope to play with friends. Even the pubs aren't THAT bad if you know how not to act like a jerk. It's clever, funny, and it tends to skirt the boundaries between "serious bank-robbing scenario" and Metal Gear levels of just plain odd (I wish it would just hop the fence already but its still just skirting enough to kind of hold interest).This is one of the greatest games you could ever hope to play with friends. Even the pubs aren't THAT bad if you know how not to act like a jerk. It's clever, funny, and it tends to skirt the boundaries between "serious bank-robbing scenario" and Metal Gear levels of just plain odd (I wish it would just hop the fence already but its still just skirting enough to kind of hold interest).

    Payday is a one of a kind series, and it does a lot of stuff in different and interesting ways, but i'm not going to list them. Do not start PAYDAY 2. Buying the base game is the equivalent to a gateway drug, and I don't care resistant you think you are to paying for DLC because you will wake up one day and realize just how little you've gotten from how much you've given. The companys standing is in a very unsteady position right now, and the new director or head or whatever is making some odd decisions on how to handle the separation with the community.

    I wish I knew what was really going on inside Overkill studios. You can be certain that if I knew, I would let you in on it, for better or for worse. Unfortunately, the current state of this game is painting a rather grim picture of it's future. Believe me when I tell you, it's better to just cut out and find something else. Maybe you can check on it every now and then, just to see if things improve.    … Expand
  30. Badcocoa
    Apr 9, 2016
    0
    Once upon a time, there was a king. His name was OVERKILL. He was a good king, loyal to the people of the land of PAYDAY 2, which he ruled over. He respected his people, promising never to implement micro transactions, and to provide free content updates. But as time passed in this wonderful land of PAYDAY 2, the kings lust for money grew. He began to create pricey DLCs, rather than fixOnce upon a time, there was a king. His name was OVERKILL. He was a good king, loyal to the people of the land of PAYDAY 2, which he ruled over. He respected his people, promising never to implement micro transactions, and to provide free content updates. But as time passed in this wonderful land of PAYDAY 2, the kings lust for money grew. He began to create pricey DLCs, rather than fix the bugs throughout the land, and turned free content into useless content, like playable characters with no relevance to the plot or even the concept of PAYDAY. One day, the king, mad with greed, had an idea. At the end of this years annual CRIME-FEST, he'd do to the people the one thing he promised never to do. He released a system of loot boxes, safes, which could only be opened by paying money directly to the king himself. The people we're outraged. Their fair king had descended into madness. Safes were popping up everywhere their loot used to be. The people who embraced this new system were rewarded with skinned weapons with better stats, while those who couldn't afford drills were forced to suffer. While their teams would be fitted with these newer, better weapons, the people who didn't buy drills got left in the dust, just like with the DLCs. Noticing a mob gather at his castles doorstep, the king panicked. He knew he had pushed it too far now. He locked himself in his castle for a week, leaving his people lost and confused about what he had done. Finally, he emerged from his sanctuary. He figured the only way to disperse the crowd and keep his wealth was to make the drills, which he planned to profit so greatly from, available as a loot drop as well. He made sure to cut his losses as close as possible, making them an even rarer drop than most items in the land. Most of the people left, trusting their king did the right thing. But when those who didn't leave began asking their questions about the micro transactions, the king quickly spoke about "bringing balance to the land" with the new weapon skins advanced stats, then retreated back to his castle. Today, the people still willing to follow heir greedy, immoral king is far too many for a full revolt, but as the king pushes more overpriced DLCs into the peoples hands, the tension throughout the land builds. One day, the king will be brought to his knees, and will be forced to pay for his crimes against the people.… Expand
  31. Duskfang
    Mar 25, 2016
    0
    Last played when the game was brand new, decided to give it another go.

    I came back to find a ton of paid dlc (not always so bad) BUT...

    ---> PAY TO WIN stat boosting microtransactions are unacceptable in a game I paid full price for, expecting that I could play it properly in the future.

    ---> What a joke! If I could get any kind of refund now, I would.
  32. Antonchick
    Mar 10, 2016
    2
    THE BEST DLC SIMULATOR! (0/5) Donate guns (0/5) Shooter (3/5)
    Do not buy it, does not waste your money!
    OVERKILL this is the "Fu@%ing sputnik" is not a game!
    OMG what OVERKILL do with this game... ;(
  33. Star_Wolf
    Mar 8, 2016
    0
    For the past few year OVERKILL has been slowly killing it's own game. Endless DLCs, weapon packs, crates from CS:GO. They just don't understand that DLCs cannot support game for the end of times. Let it go already, PAYDAY is DEAD. It's not as challenging as PAYDAY: The Heist used to be. It's not fun to run around the map and killing thousands of badly programmed bots with your friends, itFor the past few year OVERKILL has been slowly killing it's own game. Endless DLCs, weapon packs, crates from CS:GO. They just don't understand that DLCs cannot support game for the end of times. Let it go already, PAYDAY is DEAD. It's not as challenging as PAYDAY: The Heist used to be. It's not fun to run around the map and killing thousands of badly programmed bots with your friends, it doesn't work that way. CO-OP games should give us a challenge, just like SWAT 4 or R6 Vegas did… Expand
  34. Alca
    Feb 9, 2016
    0
    ScamDay 2 : an Almir's heist edition.ScamDay 2 : an Almir's heist edition.
      .    … Expand
  35. S1AnGeR
    Feb 5, 2016
    0
    microtransactions are killing this amazing game. 2013 - best PC game. But only 2013,2014.
    Amir lied. Game filled with bugs, DLC's and now micro-transactions.
  36. Supreme_God
    Feb 3, 2016
    0
    The game has always been amazing but micro-transactions have ruined it.
    I understand paying and employing staff to make this game involves money. Yet with the ever growing fan-base the introduction of a Pay-to-Win experience like many other games has gone against all that the game had been respected and appreciated for.
    paying full price for an experience that is then hindered by paying    The game has always been amazing but micro-transactions have ruined it.
    I understand paying and employing staff to make this game involves money. Yet with the ever growing fan-base the introduction of a Pay-to-Win experience like many other games has gone against all that the game had been respected and appreciated for.
    paying full price for an experience that is then hindered by paying more just to get an advantage. Not cool.
    We were promised NO MICRO-TRANSACTIONS.    … Expand
  37. Ercaritah
    Jan 26, 2016
    0
    Si el juego esta de puta madre, es muy divertido sobretodo si se juega con amigos pero la cagaron muchísimo con los dlc y las microtransacciones overkill se merece quebrar por eso.
  38. MooseNine
    Jan 22, 2016
    4
    Payday 2 is a co-op mulitplayer game. I spend a lot of time with it (over 1000h) and for this moment i think i can say something about what this game was, and what is it now.

    Assumption of this game is - you and 3 other players are well trained heisters. Your job is to rob banks, steal some valuable stuff and much more. In game you can customize your mask for heists, your weaponry    Payday 2 is a co-op mulitplayer game. I spend a lot of time with it (over 1000h) and for this moment i think i can say something about what this game was, and what is it now.

    Assumption of this game is - you and 3 other players are well trained heisters. Your job is to rob banks, steal some valuable stuff and much more.

    In game you can customize your mask for heists, your weaponry and skills of your character which has big affect in real game.

    At premiere games was very buged, had problems with balance and a lot of server/connections issues . With time Overkill was repairing those problems. Then they started adding new heists - of course for money - as payable DLC. It's nothing wrong with that.
    But yet... even with time passing, there was still a lot of bugs which Overkill just ignored. But i was ok with that becouse somehow i still had fun with this game.
    And then... at the 2015 "crimefest", Overkill added payable "Drills" which can gave us "skins" for weapons. It would be nothing wrong with it if those "skins" doesn't boost up weapons parametrs. But hey, this isn't a player vs. player game. It's co-op game. So it would be ok but... there always is a "but". Not everyone spotted that with those "skins" Overkill added to the game "weapons balance" which was supposed to fix feeling of some weapons. In my opinion that "feeling" was fine. But that patch "weapons balance" lower guns statistics - dmg, accuracy ect. and payable "skins" was rising stats to those before the patch. AND THAT! THAT IS NOT OK. As a gamer and as a consumer i say "NO" - i payed for this game at launch, i bought all DLCs that comes out and then they break my game and tell me that i have to pay for skins so i can fix my weapons? That's some nonsense.
    Later they did another funny thing. They made "Point Break" heist + new playable character. Heist was for cash and character was for free and Overkill announced that "character is for free thanks to the Black Market (those goddamn drills)". Realy? It's from the Black Market Money? Not from "Point Break" movie commercial inside your game? That's how it's done these days. Get paid for commercial "heist" inside your game, and take money for it, then throw some bone (character what was probably included in agreement with guys from "Point Break") and say "it's for free becouse you paid for it earlier".
    The list is long, sad and very hurting becouse PayDay 2 was one of my favorite co-op games ever.
    All of it, what i wrote above, could be somehow understandable if this game would work properly. But now... with new DLC game crashes all the time for me, my friends and a lot of random people. Of course Overkill is doing nothing with it. They probably are busy with counting money from new DLC.
    For that kind of attitude to customer my rating for this game dropped from 8/10 to 4/10. Sorry Overkill but my rate and all similar from another people, YOU brought it on yourself.    … Expand
  39. daveandbobeat
    Jan 17, 2016
    0
    Microtransactions. Bad Developers. Used to be a great game and had tons of DLC which cost an insane amount of money for a game but it was all worth it. Now they got even more greedy and added microtransactions. They lied and cheated all the fans. Terrible move.
  40. aiat_gamer
    Jan 15, 2016
    0
    Liar liar ass on fire. Whoever turns back on their fans and lies deserves to get review bombed. I wonder, how greedy these so called indie developers are?
  41. Datek
    Jan 14, 2016
    0
    This was a great game, one of my all time favorites. It's more of a bad joke than a game now as it has been ruined by Overkill Software, its own greedy obnoxious developers who get paid by other companies to do promotional advertising in the game, and then they sell it to you as DLC. That's right, you can pay to have promotional advertising in your game from movies John Wick and PointThis was a great game, one of my all time favorites. It's more of a bad joke than a game now as it has been ruined by Overkill Software, its own greedy obnoxious developers who get paid by other companies to do promotional advertising in the game, and then they sell it to you as DLC. That's right, you can pay to have promotional advertising in your game from movies John Wick and Point Break, games like Hotline Miami and Goat Simulator, and some DJ named Allesso all of which degrade your gameplay experience to one degree or another.

    The CEO Almir said there will never be microtransactions. Then he added microtransactions, issued a fake and somewhat arrogant apology after community outrage, and went on to say that the microtransactions are here to stay.

    Do not buy this game, or if you have it do not buy any of the $120 DLC. You will end up hating yourself for it.    … Expand
  42. Iamthetony
    Jan 14, 2016
    2
    Cant even start the game without 3 hours updating of a new dlc that I will never buy it. Also I saw that OVERKILL is just staying with Payday2 and nothing new from them exept the dlcs that are becoming worse every single day and what kind of a serious game will add a GOAT heist.
  43. Fizl406
    Jan 13, 2016
    0
    I had so much fun when PD 2 just got relased. The first dlcs werent bad. I had all of them. If you compare old good payday 2 with this new selling-out bullsh*t, its horrible.
  44. The_Beaverst
    Jan 12, 2016
    0
    It's not about the micros but for the overall treatment of developers to the community. The completely overkill pack reward was the icing on the cake.
  45. tHemecZe
    Jan 12, 2016
    0
    Went Pay2Win micro-transaction BS after most of us put $150 or more into the game and DLCs with the promise of no micro-transactions or pay to win. This game company is just another sack of lying garbage like so many others.
  46. SkormAvo
    Jan 12, 2016
    0
    Très décevant, des développeurs qui trahissent leurs promesses...
    Il y a un paquet de DLC, même avec les promos Steam, pour tous les avoirs on se retrouve quand même a 27 Euros passés. Ca fais mal.
  47. GenghisSwan
    Jan 10, 2016
    0
    Must I really reiterate what many others have said before me?

    It's been a couple of months, but people are still displeased.

    Overkill can NOT be forgiven for this.

    Want a more in-depth explanation? Find one on YouTube, search the user reviews on Steam or on Metacritic, you'll find your answers.
  48. HattyGamer
    Jan 9, 2016
    0
    How to kill a series 101. I mean wooow how can you go from an okay game to crashing and burning. I will tell you how. Micro transactions implemented by a lying, money grabbing developers.
  49. Batilte
    Jan 3, 2016
    1
    Okay; Payday 2 IS a super cool game. BUT it was AWFULLY RUINED by the f*****g developers' greed that led to f*****g microtransactions.
    I'll change this game's score once the microtransactions will be gone.
  50. SheepWolf
    Dec 27, 2015
    1
    There is not much more that I can say that hasn't already been said by those more eloquent than I. My opinion is of the same line of thought as what TotalBiscuit and Jim Sterling having said in several of their videos.
  51. BrazenRook
    Dec 25, 2015
    0
    After Overkill went back on their word two years after release, I cannot recommend this game to anyone in its current state. This used to be a fantastic game. Then crimefest came along with its 'FREE' 10 day content event, featuring microtransactions on the first day which were originally stated to never happen.

    Now Overkill have resorted to microtransactions, where players can purchase    After Overkill went back on their word two years after release, I cannot recommend this game to anyone in its current state. This used to be a fantastic game. Then crimefest came along with its 'FREE' 10 day content event, featuring microtransactions on the first day which were originally stated to never happen.

    Now Overkill have resorted to microtransactions, where players can purchase skins for the guns similar to CS:GO. Sounds fun doesn't it? How can that be a bad thing, you might think? Well, unfortunately these skins give stat boosts to the player's weapon. It doesn't matter if you have the same gun with the same modifications as someone else, if their gun is painted purple and yours isn't, they have an advantage.

    A month after crimefest and the microtransactions disaster and what happens? Overkill updates their microtransactions system by allowing some skins to even provide an experience and money boost. Not only that, the boost stacks if other players also have a skin which provides boosters.

    TL;DR: Overkill are not the be trusted. Game is pay to win. Stay away.    … Expand
  52. FrankFS
    Dec 25, 2015
    0
    Sorry, you don't have the "bad review 2.0" DLC, gimme 20 bucks so you can read it.
    Uh, wait. Got it... you shouldn't left your paypal open.

    (Payday 2 in a nutshell)
  53. KrillReaver
    Dec 20, 2015
    0
    PAYDAY for the developers as they vacuum money out your pocket. I'm happy paying full price for a game, pissed when I'm buying partial games and completing them with piece-meal DLC. Microtransactions need to die, I wonder how many great games and communities we've missed out on because of Pay2Win & microtransactions.
  54. Imadethisfast
    Dec 18, 2015
    0
    I didn't mind all the DLC 100%. It did bug me, admittedly, I never liked staring at a mostly blacked out in-game store of weapons I couldn't get because I didn't own the DLC. But it got worse, so much worse, when they threw in microtransactions and stat boosts. This isn't a freemium game, this isn't a free to play where these kinds of things to support the devs are okay. This is a gameI didn't mind all the DLC 100%. It did bug me, admittedly, I never liked staring at a mostly blacked out in-game store of weapons I couldn't get because I didn't own the DLC. But it got worse, so much worse, when they threw in microtransactions and stat boosts. This isn't a freemium game, this isn't a free to play where these kinds of things to support the devs are okay. This is a game that costs money to buy, then costs more money to have fun later on, and even more money to get things quicker if you're not looking for spending a few hundred hours getting points. I wouldn't recommend this game, it was enjoyable at first but it quickly fell out of the tree, then proceeded to pick up a shovel and bury itself.… Expand
  55. Vulfie
    Dec 18, 2015
    2
    I'm getting real tired of seeing reviews with people saying "This used to be a great game". Payday 2 was never a great game. It was never even an acceptable game.

    From its constant desync, to endlessly recycled maps with minor changes in objectives and slow updates (Both from Overkill and the community modders), to its horrendous playerbase of unreliable, half-blind fools with no    I'm getting real tired of seeing reviews with people saying "This used to be a great game". Payday 2 was never a great game. It was never even an acceptable game.

    From its constant desync, to endlessly recycled maps with minor changes in objectives and slow updates (Both from Overkill and the community modders), to its horrendous playerbase of unreliable, half-blind fools with no reflexes or sense of awareness, to its never-ending flood of overpriced DLC that you MUST buy, unless you want 75% of the games content to be locked out for you. This game was rubbish from day one. It had potential, sure, but it never lived up to it. Overkill showed us what path they were going to take with this game pretty early in its life and they never tried to hide it.

    These microtransactions are bad, yes. People are hurt about the broken promises and I completely understand why this is the breaking point for a lot of people. Personally I couldn't care less about those stat bonuses on skins, because you already have to pay more than what the game is worth, in DLC packs, just to keep up with other players anyway. The game always has been "Pay to win". But my father always thought me that you don't break your word to someone. If you make a promise to somebody, you keep it. Overkill are on record as having said at least 3 or 4 times that they would never add microtransactions to PD2, one time even saying "Shame on you if you thought otherwise", but they didn't keep their word. I don't know how things are in Sweden, but I can safely say that in most places on Earth, your word, your promise about something, means a lot, and if you break a promise to somebody they are going to be upset. Now, combine that with how upset the PD2 community already was about the DLC releases. Every time one was released, the PD2 Steam Group would get bogged down with angry comments and spam from people who clearly have been very unhappy with Overkill for a long, long time. Payday 2 has hit rock bottom here, as well as in Steam reviews. This is what happens when you break promises, keep brushing aside community complaints and adding new systems people don't want. I call it “Star Wars Galaxies Syndrome”.

    I realize the game was different to other shooters, and it still is somewhat unique, but that doesn't make it a good game. It was built on an unstable base, and it has been falling apart for a long time now. Personally, I gave up on the game back with the Hypetrain event. Do you remember that? When Overkill promised that we'd all get free content if we BOUGHT ENOUGH DLC DURING THE EVENT? Including a $20 DLC pack that was released just for that event! Don't forget all the masks that don't cover your face anymore, the particle effects Ala TF2, the Overkill pack adding a Minigun and an RPG-7, and even a mission to steal nuclear weapons to sell to terrorists. The sense of being a classy bank robber, a James Bond turned evil character, is long dead in favour of the sense of being a low-moral terrorist. That was the moment the game died for me and my only regret is that some people still don't see how bad the game was before these microtransactions were added.

    Summary: This game was never great. If I had a drill for every time a cloaker one-shot me through a wall or a floor, or for every time I've been pinned by a tazer when he had no line of sight with me, I'd have enough money to buy Overkill.    … Expand
  56. XenZone489
    Dec 16, 2015
    0
    The game has been having multiplayer sync issues for more than 2 years, But they keep releasing DLCs instead of fixing the base game
    Promised no Microtransactions : added them and made them almost Pay2Win
    5$-7$ DLC every month. Weapons-characters-maps
    Before that, it was fun.
  57. Blacklist_Doge
    Dec 15, 2015
    0
    Simply put, micro-transactions which they promised not to put in this game D:

    Liars ><
    And now, it's getting harder to get into lobby coz people kicks you for not having OP skins :< How do I play den?
  58. duduric
    Dec 14, 2015
    0
    omg microtransactions!!!
    Almir lied, they created a hostile community and got a highly respected fan site shut down.
    Do I have to mention that the game have 100$+ worth of DLCs?
  59. AiHao
    Dec 11, 2015
    0
    We've made it clear that PAYDAY 2 will have no micro-transactions whatsoever (shame on you if you thought otherwise!)
    Developer is very very greedy liar... do not fal for him dirty tricks..
  60. Veerkad
    Dec 11, 2015
    0
    the devs killed this game everyone is leaving this game, online will probably be dead soon , dont waste your time or money. .
  61. silentknight31
    Dec 8, 2015
    0
    After the developer promised not to add micro transactions, they added them anyway! Now the game has become pay to win! The developers have refused to correct their mistake because it is profitable.
  62. rustybacon
    Dec 7, 2015
    0
    Overkill promised loud and clear "no micro-transactions, instead they popped out dlcs non-stop. I was ok with that because I could still play the dlc heists and did not care much about the dlc guns. After making the game w/ all dlcs cost more than 100 dollars (more than any AAA game at launch) they decided to release non-cosmetic micro-transactions. Stat boosts per say.
  63. BigWillDollaBil
    Dec 6, 2015
    0
    I did not write this, all credit goes to user Bandana Dee on the steam community.

    Okay, so I put in a thousand something hours into this game, and I enjoyed it. It was great. Wonderful game. Really solid gunplay, amazing music, interesting theme, and engaging level design. Never have holding off waves of enemies been such a fun experience. Usually doing that in games is boring and/or    I did not write this, all credit goes to user Bandana Dee on the steam community.

    Okay, so I put in a thousand something hours into this game, and I enjoyed it. It was great. Wonderful game. Really solid gunplay, amazing music, interesting theme, and engaging level design. Never have holding off waves of enemies been such a fun experience. Usually doing that in games is boring and/or frustrating as all get out, but PAYDAY 2 found a way to make it work, and work REALLY well.

    So what happened to get this negative review? Long story short: the updates. People began to note that with each passing DLC there was a sort of power creep going on. A pay to win system. Now the latest update promises weapon rebalances to fix this issue as part of this massive community event where we completed challenges for free rewards. What happened instead? Weapons were further nerfed and a microtransaction model was implemented. Get a safe at random and then pay a fee of real world money to get a drill to unlock the safe to get a random skin. Sounds familiar? CSGO and TF2 did the same thing with their key system. Only difference here is that the skins enhance your stats.

    So what did this update the community have to work for and were promised a free reward turn out to be? Your guns are rendered useless and the only way to buff them back to where they were before, which means still a power creep and paid DLC guns are still superior, is to spend even more money to have a CHANCE at fixing your loadout. That's BS. What is also BS is that prior to release the company stated in an interview when asked if PAYDAY 2 will have microtransactions, "No. No. God, I hope not. Never. No." But wait, that came from someone who left the company! I hear you, I understand. Here's a link to a statement from Almir Listo, who is still at Overkill and working as the unofficial PR guy because Overkill won't hire a real one for some reason. This update has turned them into liars.

    "Wait wait wait, Bandana Dee," I hear you saying. "Not all the guns were nerfed. Some of them were buffed." Indeed, buffed to ridiculous extremes. For example, pistols are now doing three times the damage shotguns are. This is its own problem. As stated earlier, there was a powercreep going on. It has gotten so much worse now, with specific items at least. The balance has been thrown out the window. So how do you catch up your nerfed weapons to be back where to were, much less on par with the other weapons that were buffed to high hell? Skins! Pay up and MAYBE you'll see your gun marginally improve.

    Nerfing weapons to hell and putting buffs to them behind a gambling paywall is wrong.

    Buffing weapons to the point that the game is completely unbalanced and Bulldozers, this game's version of COD MW's Juggernauts, are able to be killed in 3-5 headshots and the effect where their mask flies off from the damage taken simply doesn't work anymore is also a game killer. You don't really have a game anymore. Just something to throw money at.

    EDIT October 20, 2015: As of today, the option to unlock drills from a card drop has been added. Now there is a free alternative to the new microtransactions. However, this does not change the fact that Overkill lied to the community about this in the first place and are still refusing to speak to us about it. Additionally, we were not informed of a droprate for the drills (just because technically we can get one doesn't mean we will. Technically I could win the lottery. Technically I could survive a gunshot) and Overkill has yet to issue an apology on the lie, making this update send more of a message of "Fine then, here's an alternative. Now will you shut the hell up and stop lowering our score and getting us bad press coverage?"

    EDIT October 25, 2015: Almir Listo has made multiple statements today that both the microtransactions AND the stat boosts on skins are here to stay. He has expressed disbelief that people are upset at him for going back on his word and adding microtransactions, and despite the shocking drop into red zone territory on Metacritic and the drop of about 22% score on Steam within a single week, as well as the huge backlash on reddit, the forums, and even gaming media, maintains that the people complaining are a vocal minority. And that "statistically" "from an economic standpoint" the microtransaction update has been very profitable, so it won't be changed. He has just plain out admitted that he doesn't give a damn about the community, all that matters is he's making a quick buck.

    When asked about the issue of safes unlocking skins for weapons that you can't use without spending additional money on DLC (yes, this is a thing), he says it won't be addressed unless the statistics show it's a "common enough" issue. Okay, what constitutes "common enough?" In my book, having an issue happen just ONCE where you have to spend additional money just to use the skin you spent money on, is "common eno    … Expand
  64. cbimerrow
    Dec 4, 2015
    0
    Went back on multiple promises not to have microtransactions by nerfing all existing players and adding pay-to-win microtransactions. After already questionable DLC insanity, this was the final straw. Stay away.
  65. yougoplayer
    Dec 1, 2015
    0
    Overkill please listen to your fans. Please don't make them do this to you. I know you guys are better than this. Microtransactions and surprising your fans with content not approved from the community is a great way to ruin a game. Please don't get greedy with your games.
  66. Styke
    Nov 29, 2015
    1
    Years ago i gave this a 9 and boy, what a way to tank a franchise. Poor developer decisions abound, and patch after patch further splits the community in this online-only game.
  67. ThatEp1cGuy
    Nov 28, 2015
    0
    The game WAS good, the problem was the developers at overkill who lied to the community. Don't buy this game or any game made by Overkill. I paid for all the DLCs (now worth over 100$) and they STILL add microtransactions AND defend them. Payday 2 WAS good and I'm hoping will be again. But until then, this review will stay at 0.
  68. Nintolerance
    Nov 28, 2015
    1
    Game's not unpleasant, but shockingly overpriced and unbalanced. Fun mechanics buried under too many updates.

    Shooting's fun, special enemies are decent. Matchmaking isn't dreadful. Unlocks, microtransactions and DLC work like a free-to-play MMO. Payday 2's turned into the sort of game you need to make your full time job.
  69. Yaryhus
    Nov 26, 2015
    0
    Definitely a shame. They broke the game with microtransactions. This is not how to treat with your players and I m saying this as a developer rather than a player. Remove microtransactions or you ll become hated forever.
  70. GGasp
    Nov 25, 2015
    0
    I used to love PAYDAY 2. Now is **** 500000 dlcs and if not paying enoth: **** micro transactions that nobody asked for, die in piss overkill. With love, Me.

    PD: If ur plaining a Payday 3, delete files now.
  71. CriticalNinja
    Nov 25, 2015
    0
    Well, i'm here to not recommend anything that has to do with this. It was fun for a bit until they started milking it like a fat cow. The DLC cost more than buying the game TWICE. They added micro-transactions after promising they wouldn't and they stuck by it after we said we didn't want that stinky pay 2 win garbage. We don't need stat-changing skins in a co-op PvE game that you need toWell, i'm here to not recommend anything that has to do with this. It was fun for a bit until they started milking it like a fat cow. The DLC cost more than buying the game TWICE. They added micro-transactions after promising they wouldn't and they stuck by it after we said we didn't want that stinky pay 2 win garbage. We don't need stat-changing skins in a co-op PvE game that you need to pay $2.49 for.… Expand
  72. pd2hater
    Nov 24, 2015
    0
    Created account just to make this review and give it a 0.

    To the dev team:
    You are a joke [insert ur name if ur a pd2 dev].

    its just funny to see a game going from awesome to crappy in one update, and I expected Runescape to be the quickest game ruining itself by updates, you proven me wrong.
    Good thing about RS devs is that they created RS2007, lets hope they create Payday2lite
  73. qwee1
    Nov 24, 2015
    0
    (Old Review.) Read All of it to see why my thoughts against the game and overkill has changed.

    Every game has to be like this.. If you're playing this game on Deathwish difficulty everything has to be perfect. Yourself, your teammates, your skills and their skills.Everything has to be in synchronization and Everyone has to be on same page. Even for a second if you stop playing team game    (Old Review.) Read All of it to see why my thoughts against the game and overkill has changed.

    Every game has to be like this.. If you're playing this game on Deathwish difficulty everything has to be perfect. Yourself, your teammates, your skills and their skills.Everything has to be in synchronization and Everyone has to be on same page. Even for a second if you stop playing team game everything will go sideways and trust me ♥♥♥♥♥ gonna hit the fan.

    Also i like the feature that everything is customizable. Masks,Skills,Weapons and your armors. You choose how to play your game are you gonna go silent like a ninja or go BOOM like Rambo its totally up to you.

    Pros
    Decent game that needs teamwork and strategy Totally customizable features, Awesome soundtracks.

    Cons
    No cheat protection (got screwed by hackers once and had to reset my progress way back to level 0 when i was IV-100)
    Still has lots of bugs (Bugs are not annoying they're minor bugs but they're still there)
    Crashs every once a while (I bought a dlc cant play the dlc i bought contacted Overkill about it no one answered.)

    These cons are about Overkill the company that made the game.

    To-do list to successfully become one of the greediest and worst, but still overrated and loved developers on the gaming industry.

    - Create a grindfest with minimal content and charge $30 for it - Check.
    - Never improve the game's mechanics - Check.
    - Cut content from the game, sell minimal stuff and objects that you promised would be included with the game on release as overpriced DLCs - Check.
    - Create one of the worst communities on the gaming industry to support your greedy moves by creating a clan full of proud idiots and deleting/mocking posts criticizing your game (REMEMBER! If the community starts to revolt, release 1 or 2 small free DLCs to appease the rabble. Then you can continue to release paid DLCs) - Check.
    - Create a DLC that requires you to buy another game - Check.
    - Completely ignore your community's wishes that will never make you earn a penny - Check.
    - Never waste resources on something if the community can create it by themselves (e.g. anti-cheaters protection, a decent HUD, better textures, etc.) - Check.
    - Actually, try to always use minimal resources. Building the game using an ancient, outdated engine and making gameplay mechanics even more casual and simplistic than Call of Duty should be your top priority - Check.

    EDIT: It seems some people didn't find this review to be helpful, so I will paraphrase.

    Not a single DLC for PAYDAY 2 has been worth their price. Every single of the content they have released separately should have been implemented with the game at release. They don't improve the game, they don't care about their fans, they continue to sell overpriced DLCs to farm their customers. More than a third of the game's content is sold as DLC, the game's total price is gonna be more than $60 usd when this is all over. PAYDAY 2, a game with graphics from 2006, worse gunplay than CoD, tiny maps and short, repetitive missions is gonna make you pay more than $60 to unlock it's whole content. Do YOU think you should support these kind of developers? When you realize you have to buy another game to unlock the DLC's whole content, do you feel incentivized to buy it? Do you want to keep being scammed by OVERKILL and Starbreeze?

    Overall
    Awesome game with worst developers i have ever seen in my life. Critizing them or anyone related to Overkill in their forums apperently a deadly sin.They say "You're agressive" And lock your thread sometimes they even ban you from forums.Buy the game love the game but dont waste a single cent to dlcs dont support the company.Overkil is the indie version of Ubisoft.

    UPDATE : Banned Permanantly from forums because I spoke my mind. But I am Grateful that some people has finally woken up from their sleep and realized what kind of company overkill actually is. Thank you overkill for achiving the impossible, Because no matter how much I tried I just couldnt get people to understand me, But now They do. You tried to hide your true face by deleting ANY negative comments and critizings towards overkill Just to reveal it yourself. I am the most happy person in the World now. Call Me hater all you like people are finally AWAKE!

    (Taken from Banana Doe)
    Was this game great at one time? Absolutely.
    Is it worth your money now? Heck no. Stay away. You'll just end up having to spend even more of it anyways.
    Should you support this developer? I would suggest the opposite. I would suggest not buying a single thing from Overkill and spreading the word far and wide to others not to pick up anything from Overkill Software ever. I obviously cannot control what choice you make, but this is a suggestion I highly recommend not just for the sake of your finances, but for the sake of the gaming industry as a whole. Do NOT let practices like this continue.    … Expand
  74. joem3679
    Nov 24, 2015
    0
    Everything to say has been said. The micro-transactions, the abundance of paid DLC and the broken promises were the tipping point for lots of people. At this moment in time the player count on Steam is dropping lower. It's no longer worth the price.
  75. hammer1727
    Nov 23, 2015
    0
    One of the worst, if not THE worst game I have ever played on PC, absolutely shocking and not worth buying even if it was on sale for $1. It has so many bugs in it, it still has bugs from day 1 launch. Don't waste your money on this massive pile of garbage, the developers will **** all over you.
  76. AR-Siege
    Nov 23, 2015
    0
    Microtransactions... I need to say more?

    Once upon a time, this was a good game. However, we've reached the point where the game costs $130 dollars to buy the base game, plus all the DLCs, and Overkill has the audacity to add microtransactions, going back on a promise where they said they would never include microtransactions. Congratulations Overkill, you managed to surpass both EA    Microtransactions... I need to say more?

    Once upon a time, this was a good game. However, we've reached the point where the game costs $130 dollars to buy the base game, plus all the DLCs, and Overkill has the audacity to add microtransactions, going back on a promise where they said they would never include microtransactions.
    Congratulations Overkill, you managed to surpass both EA and Ubisoft scumbaggery in the span of a day    … Expand
  77. xXxNostromoxXx
    Nov 23, 2015
    0
    Is now a P2W game. The developers broke their promises. They said they would not add micro-transactions, but they did. Shame. Now the game is ruined, and the company is corrupt from the inside. They did some pretty bad things to modders too, all very shady.
  78. Trebek
    Nov 21, 2015
    0
    Payday 2 is the latest game to succumb to the trend of developers freely lying to the players of the game in the interest of boosting sales/revenues, by either promising features will or won't be included to their core audience only to go back on their word post launch to try to 'broaden the appeal' of their game and make more money.

    In the case of Payday 2, the developer promised there    Payday 2 is the latest game to succumb to the trend of developers freely lying to the players of the game in the interest of boosting sales/revenues, by either promising features will or won't be included to their core audience only to go back on their word post launch to try to 'broaden the appeal' of their game and make more money.

    In the case of Payday 2, the developer promised there would never be micro-transactions in the game period. They repeated this promise on many occasions. The game has a price tag, and has an unholy amount of DLC (20+ DLC packs!) that already sell power creep.

    Now though the devs have decided that they would like to squeeze $2.50 out of each player after most matches by rewarding safes that have to be cracked via an item that cannot be earned in game.

    It's so damn sleazy, and sadly the power creep items pay walled in the chests cannot be earned any other way. What a sleazy thing to do.    … Expand
  79. d4haxor
    Nov 21, 2015
    0
    This dev has completely lost their mind and only cares about pinching their fans for every dime they can, This game went from decent to literally the worst game on earth. STAY FAR AWAY!
  80. onalhurre
    Nov 20, 2015
    0
    this game sucks so hard they are never going to fix anything and it is almost impossible to play the game without buying 150 dlc's and then you can still waste another 20 bucks to gain a skin with stat boost which brings your weapon over the breakpoint.
    going over the breakpoint is insane cause you now only need 1 shot instead of 2 but that's the reason why to spend 20 bucks...
  81. Darkshadows9776
    Nov 20, 2015
    0
    Overkill flat out lied to the player base when they said no microtransactions. We already have more than $100 in DLC on top of the base game, but apparently that's not enough money. Don't get me wrong, this game is fantastic and still one of my favorites, but when the company lies like that, then talks down to the community for being angry, I just have to stop playing. Do not give any moreOverkill flat out lied to the player base when they said no microtransactions. We already have more than $100 in DLC on top of the base game, but apparently that's not enough money. Don't get me wrong, this game is fantastic and still one of my favorites, but when the company lies like that, then talks down to the community for being angry, I just have to stop playing. Do not give any more money to Overkill; they don't deserve any money.… Expand
  82. Pay2winDay
    Nov 20, 2015
    0
    This year's Crimefest checklist:
    a) Free microtransactions update and **** weapon rebalance - shotguns are less worth than dog poop now;
    b) **** masks; c) A port of Brave New World from Cod Ghosts renamed to Aftershock; d) Stealth and Loud filter (meh, i guess day 4 was decent) e) A bipod attachment and a new MG ( MG is fine, but bipod is useless for difficulties like Overkill and    This year's Crimefest checklist:
    a) Free microtransactions update and **** weapon rebalance - shotguns are less worth than dog poop now;
    b) **** masks;
    c) A port of Brave New World from Cod Ghosts renamed to Aftershock;
    d) Stealth and Loud filter (meh, i guess day 4 was decent)
    e) A bipod attachment and a new MG ( MG is fine, but bipod is useless for difficulties like Overkill and Deathwish, where you need to be constantly moving around if you want to stay alive.)
    f) The most overplayed heist from PDTH and drill drops which have a drop chance from nill to slim
    g) Preferred character selection of up to 4 characters. If your favourite character (for example Dallas) is selected it switches to your 2nd one (for example Hoxton). Its good, but it would have been better to just select the character you want while you wait in lobby.
    h) More **** masks and **** turret rebalance.
    i) Slaughterhouse port.I liked day 9. Slaughterhouse is my favourite PDTH heist.
    j) Useless jump animation.    … Expand
  83. ojetemoreno
    Nov 19, 2015
    0
    Overkill makes Bad decisions that f*k a great game. A tons of DLC 's and adding micro transactions made it ( they said they wouldn't). Don't buy it, stay strong.
  84. Nake
    Nov 19, 2015
    0
    Good game, bad developers, liar Almir Listo.
    Hackers, microtransactions, no interest by users and the community, 33 debuff and useless DLCs, no transparency, no one believes them, the game was murdered by the developers.
  85. Tornado130
    Nov 18, 2015
    0
    Very bad game with very bad developers, very bad characters like john wick, very bad microtransactions very bad graphics, very bad everything. You are very bad person if you play this very bad game.
  86. Jammerock2000
    Nov 18, 2015
    0
    This game has been ruined due to lie after lie from the developers. Not only have they ignored the community time and time again, ruined the work of many modders and community members (such as PD2stats), but continued to promise that they would listen to the community. The amount of content in this game blatantly locked away behind DLC is just astounding, and on top of that the game is A.)This game has been ruined due to lie after lie from the developers. Not only have they ignored the community time and time again, ruined the work of many modders and community members (such as PD2stats), but continued to promise that they would listen to the community. The amount of content in this game blatantly locked away behind DLC is just astounding, and on top of that the game is A.) not free (understandable, one-time pay for a game is fine) but also B.) full of microtransactions that don't just affect how weapons look, but also give stat boosts, and chances of exp/money boosts.

    This isn't even scratching the surface of the bad practices the developer has done, and because of it I leave this negative review.    … Expand
  87. Rampage470
    Nov 18, 2015
    0
    Why on God's green earth would they add microtransactions? Seriously, the game is raking the dough as it is, you have to add THOSE as well? Geez. Oh and now of course the thing that cost 20 bucks and was supposed to be cosmetic only has stat boosts.

    **** you, Overkill.
  88. Superior97
    Nov 18, 2015
    0
    This game has completely been ruined by overkills greed and terrible business decisions
    I had racked up over 700 hours into this game but I honestly wouldn't recommend it to anyone
  89. Muuvinki
    Nov 18, 2015
    0
    It used to be such a good game before developers decided to go full retard.
    They added p2w skins to the game which for example makes pistols now stronger than most rifles.

    At its current condition this game should no longer be played or supported in any way. Walk away don't look back.
  90. Kaleson
    Nov 16, 2015
    1
    Good game.
    Used to be. Before Overkill introduced microtransactions and skins that boost guns' stats. Despite claiming they hate them and that they will NEVER cripple their game with MTs. Dick move, OVK, dick move.
    Oh, and there are also DLCs with owerpowered weapons like flamethrower, minigun or RPG.
    1/10 just because it's still fun. Sort of.
  91. Martin1
    Nov 16, 2015
    0
    A good game that has been degraded into a money making scheme by greedy devs. Milking the gamers, first with almost monthly dlc containing the best weapons and perks. Now a crate system which means spending money for a random item that may or may not improve your weapons.
  92. plebbot
    Nov 16, 2015
    0
    Overkill have **** the whole community over with update after update after update. The community outrage has been insane and how do overkill respond? More microtransactions.
  93. Crazy6a3er
    Nov 16, 2015
    0
    Before the **** started, I would highly recommend to everyone to at least try this game because of its awesome Co-op experience.

    Now, I will say stay the hell out of this game at all times! Why the sudden change? Here's the most recent reasons why I give this game a pretty and red "0": - Microtransaction with stat boosts which affect the balance of the game even though it's P2E.    Before the **** started, I would highly recommend to everyone to at least try this game because of its awesome Co-op experience.

    Now, I will say stay the hell out of this game at all times! Why the sudden change? Here's the most recent reasons why I give this game a pretty and red "0":

    - Microtransaction with stat boosts which affect the balance of the game even though it's P2E. Overkill/Almir promised us that there would be NO MICROTRANSACTION in Payday 2(shame on you if you thought otherwise. That rings a bell, huh?). Even the reasons he given couldn't justify what he had done to community(Google it if you really wanna know).

    -The COMPLETELY OVERKILL PACK. This pissed me off the most since I'd paid $20 just to "support" Overkill innocently and what did we get? Only 1 out of 25 weapon skins and every weapon skin is horrendous with stat boosts which Overkill claimed that they were crafted with "love and care" and promised they were only cosmetic. *Double facepalm*

    These 2 most recent cases show how Overkill treat the community with dishonesty and **** I recognize that the purpose of company is to earn profit but this is not how you earn it by lying to your loyal customers and treat them like walking wallets.

    What's done is done, what's done will be done. GG Overkill.    … Expand
  94. Rowdyvds
    Nov 16, 2015
    0
    It's my most played game in steam and I used to love it, but they ruined the game by adding microtransactions which they promised multiple times not to add.
  95. sumsum
    Nov 16, 2015
    0
    It was such an awesome game. I loved playing it and the game was so balanced in the beginning. It was awesome they kept updating the game with new content. But now they have just ruined the game totally, wanting money for everything and the game is so unbalanced that the game is totally unplayable. They have added so many bad things and updates to the game that its not worth playing itIt was such an awesome game. I loved playing it and the game was so balanced in the beginning. It was awesome they kept updating the game with new content. But now they have just ruined the game totally, wanting money for everything and the game is so unbalanced that the game is totally unplayable. They have added so many bad things and updates to the game that its not worth playing it anymore.
    Overkill you have shot yourself in the foot real good, and it seems you just continue to do that.    … Expand
  96. Jozefson
    Nov 16, 2015
    0
    Just a big NOPE after Greedfest 2015, adding MT and the COP dlc fiasco. It's sad that because core game is good, but the **** around it makes it hard to enjoy.
  97. Blonk
    Nov 15, 2015
    0
    Was pretty decent despite engine limitations, until micro transactions and donation begging started. Not to mention the lying about DLC and the inclusion of MT's.
  98. doubleplus
    Nov 15, 2015
    0
    A once decent game let down by developers who are either incompetent or just outright dishonest. If you like the idea of seeing most weapons, heists and masks held behind as DLC on top of microtransactions for skins with stat boosts, Payday 2 is for you.
  99. Ckazochnik
    Nov 15, 2015
    0
    This game supposed to be fun coop shooter. It really was until the devs became lazy **** which released a ton of bagged content and ten tons of paid DLC (€110+ of worth). Like it wasn't enough, they have released a micro-transaction system.

    The 1st, they promised us to don't put the micro-transactions in the game. The golden «shame on you if you thought otherwise!». The 2nd, the    This game supposed to be fun coop shooter. It really was until the devs became lazy **** which released a ton of bagged content and ten tons of paid DLC (€110+ of worth). Like it wasn't enough, they have released a micro-transaction system.

    The 1st, they promised us to don't put the micro-transactions in the game. The golden «shame on you if you thought otherwise!».

    The 2nd, the system is using the casino-style drop-roulette that means you probably will not get the item that you wanted exactly.

    The 3rd, most of items looks like a junk. Give your child a paint spray and a gun and you will get the same result. Moreover, you can scrap your fresh painted gun with a rasp because in the game you will get a random item with the random skin and the random QUALITY. But it's not over yet. If you got a DLC-item, you have to buy this DLC to use this item (remember about €110+).

    The 4th. Weapons that you got with micro-transactions is actually stronger than the regular variant. At this point it started to be Pay 2 Win.

    The 5th. Skins provide for you and your team XP and MONEY BOOST. More guys with the painted guns you have – stronger boost you get. Just think of it: you can be kicked from the lobby for not buying the random **** for your real money. It actually happened.

    We have a good game that ruined buy the lie, greed and sloth.    … Expand
  100. Tsyolin
    Nov 15, 2015
    0
    Want to know what the best example of bad business practices by a game dev is? You're looking at it. Seriously, never before has any game community/dev relationship gone south this quickly... and for a damn good reason.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 51 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 51
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 51
  3. Negative: 0 out of 51
  1. GRYOnline.pl
    Oct 9, 2013
    80
    PayDay 2 is one of the nicest surprises of the year. Overkill Software understands the atmosphere of gangster movies and wisely improves these pieces of gameplay, that might have been disappointing in the first game. The sequel is better in almost every way - you can play a thief and enjoy good character development and shooting systems. I really hope, that PayDay 3 will be even better.
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  2. Pelit (Finland)
    Oct 5, 2013
    86
    Payday 2 is an excellent co-op shooter - a vast improvement over the first one. [Sept 2013]
  3. Hyper Magazine
    Oct 3, 2013
    80
    A unique and captivating multiplayer experience that rewards team work over personal glory. But make sure you bring friends for the true experience. [Nov 2013, p.62]
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